Industry News
Austest Laboratories awarded contract with the Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Austest Laboratories has been awarded the contract for check testing swimming pool pumps by the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. [ + ]
Brisbane declared ABB’s Smart Grid City Model competition winner
ABB Australia has announced that the University of Queensland entry was the winner of its Smart Grid City Model competition for university engineering students, launched earlier this year. [ + ]
Schneider Electric strengthens renewable energy business in Australia
Schneider Electric has identified the renewable energy market as a key growth opportunity and will increase its business focus in the Australian commercial, residential and solar farm markets. [ + ]
US federal agencies adopt SAN-free ultradense 2U data centre
Nutanix, said to be the first company to offer a radically simple compute and storage building block for virtualising data centres without the need for shared storage, has announced it has achieved record growth across US federal agencies for its Complete Cluster SAN-free data centre. [ + ]
High-tech, fire-resistant cables for London’s tallest building
The energy and telecom cables and systems company Prysmian Group has supplied approximately 350 km of high-tech, fire-resistant cables for power distribution within the recently inaugurated Shard skyscraper, the tallest building in London and Western Europe. [ + ]
ETU in-fighting over migrant workers continues
In-fighting between the Victorian and National branches of the ETU continues, with the CEPU calling Dean Mighell’s statements about foreign workers “just plain wrong”. [ + ]
McDonald’s first Australian restaurant to be rewarded with Green Star certification
The new Kilsyth South McDonald’s has been awarded a 4 Star Green Star - Custom Design rating for developing a new benchmark for the design of environmentally sustainable restaurants. [ + ]
Ritter Group wins Intersolar Award for Best Practice Solar Project
Ritter Group USA and Vanir Energy have been jointly awarded the inaugural Intersolar Award for Best Practice Solar Project at the Intersolar North America conference. [ + ]
New NECA Executive Director for NSW and ACT
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has appointed Oliver Judd as the Executive Director of NECA’s NSW and ACT chapters. [ + ]
Gerard recommends Champ takeover offer
Australian-listed lighting company Gerard Lighting Group has entered into a scheme implementation agreement (SIA) with Champ Private Equity-owned Lighting Group Australia for a cash takeover. Champ has offered cash consideration of $1.05 per share, valuing the company at around $186 m. [ + ]
Consultation opens on electrical licensing reform
Consultation on the proposed reform of electrical occupations licensing has commenced and is set to close on 26 August, but may be extended. [ + ]
Victoria’s top electrical and communications contractors recognised
Seven Victorian electrical and communications contractors were last week recognised at the annual electrical industry Excellence Awards hosted by the National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA). [ + ]
NECA announces Apprentice of the Year winners
Ali Hasan, Roland Hill and Brian Roche took out awards at the NECA annual Victorian Apprentice of the Year Awards in the Communications, Commercial and Industrial categories respectively. [ + ]
NECA finds placements for Watters Electrical apprentices
NECA has found placements for 18 electrical apprentices who were left without a job following the closure of Hastie Group’s company Watters Electrical. [ + ]
ABB wins $80m worth of orders for Ichthys LNG project
ABB has won $80 million worth of orders to supply power technologies and medium-voltage drive systems for the new Ichthys LNG processing plant. [ + ]
